#4E554D#4E554D

#4E554D is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.016 H 141.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E554D
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 77)
HSL	hsl(113, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(113, 9%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 9.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.31, -4.52, 3.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.31, 5.85, 140.58°)
OKLab	oklab(44.06% -0.0123 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(44.06% 0.016 141.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7297, 8.6525, 8.2826)
Luminance	0.0865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E554D #544D55

analogous

#52554D #4E554D #4D5550

triadic

#4E554D #4D4E55 #554D4E

tetradic

#4E554D #4D5255 #544D55 #55504D

square

#4E554D #4D5255 #544D55 #55504D

split-complementary

#4E554D #504D55 #554D52

monochromatic

#131513 #313530 #4E554D #6B756A #8A9489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69

#4E554D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#4E554D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E554D

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E554D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E554D	1.00	7.69	2.73	7.69
#FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56534D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54534D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E5453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e554d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.016 141.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f847e',
    500: '#4e554d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e554d;
$custom-light: #7f847e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e554d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 112.5,
    "s": 4.938,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44064,
    "c": 0.01566,
    "h": 141.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E554D

secondary

#827B83

accent

#7AAEA8

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E554D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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